, 1887-09-22
University News.
LAST EVENINGS MEETING.
Erosa saturday. Daily1

Hail la-t evening, uron call for dis
rG--ion oi the university matter
showed beyond a peradventure that
cur citizens are deeply in earnest and
!,r"nis alive 10 their rights and in
forests upon this subject
Judge Albert Briggs was called tc
tie chair. ard Alf A Piummer was
chosen secretary. The chairman
opened hy stating the object of the
meeting. Rev. ]. n. Denison, upou
call, briefly outlined the status of the
casp, and said he had returned tC
!ea.rn the pleasure of the people, and
To serve them If he could-to build
and endow the proposed educational
institution (whether under Presby-
trrian. Methodist or any other de-
nomina.iOnal management, it mat
tered not to him personality He was
cheered lnstily. and when he closed
Allen Weir was called for and pro
proceeded to speak at some length
He had made the best fight for Port
Townsend that he could; with Mr.
Denison he had worked in season and
out Of season for over year past
and he wasn't certain even yet wheth
er, victory or defeat had been sus-
tanned, we We're like the Irishman
rolling down hill with a log-whu
was on top half the time, and had a
prospect OF being on top when he
reached the bottom. There was a
greedy town up the Sound that had
for its patron saint Mr.. Wright who
had made an offer to buy the honor
Of the Methodist Conference. 1t
might look as though the effort had
been successful, but the speaker
thought the ultimate verdict would
be that Wright got left" He did
not believe Port Townsend could af-
ford in this case to rest under the
prsst ge of defeat. A young team
baked with load would be discour-
aged next time; our young town
would be in better condition to win
the next contest if successful in this
one. The case had been left to Il
commission by conference. Bishop
Fowler of that commission had said
we should have the institution If we
raised tie amount we agreed to; he
wouId like to compel Bishop Fowler
to stand by that declaration or else
90 squarely back on himself. He
then outlined the offer or overtures
luade by the Presbyterians. saying
that both himself and Mr. Denison
were willing to do as much for that
denomination rs for any other Per
sUnaily, lie had not been working for
Method;sm, but Tor an Institution of
learning management should
be in harmony with the genius of our
Christian civilization. He found one
thing very important, however, as an
obstacle 10 anything but a Methodist
university. Judge Briggs and wife,
donors of the magnificent site valued
by an outside appraisement commit
tee at SI3,500, had said today that
they would not give more than ten
tcreS to tho university under any
CtGer denomination management than
the NJ. L. Church. The speaker re-
garded this as very important. LII
under q Presbyterian offer. we would
lose $1I,0 out Of the site, it would
leave very large deficit to make up.
He referred To the chairman, who
confirmed the statement as to the
site. Rev. L. d. Carnahan was called
for and responded in happy speech
in which he complimented the efforts
of Messrs. Denison and Weir very
highly. He thought if the Method
lists failed, OF refused the chance, the
Presbyterians would take up the
chance and carry it successfully for
ward Rev A. b. Banks of the Bap-
tist Church was invited to speak,
which he did in a few spirited re-
marks in the course of which he said
the three million Baptists moved as
one man when they undertook great
enterprise. They did not want, how
ever TO interfere with the plans OF
any other denomination. he had
been told that Port Townsend would
be the leading city of Puget Sound
when its time came, and he believed
it would. There certainly was an
educational field here for somebody
to occupy. Mayor DeLion was called
but excused himself because OF other
engagements.
Mr.. Bradshaw was called out, and
said he came more to listen than to
speak. He thought we certainly
needed the institution. in order to
offer its advantages to our young
people fresh from the public schools,
as we'll as to offer Inducements for
people to make their homes In our
midst. He did not favor joint stock
plan, but believed we could success
fully build and endow, and our plain
duty was to move steadily forward.
d. w. Smith WIS called, and de-
livered a stirring address in which he
said he was proud of all who had
contributed so largely of their means
toward this 6onus. He favored re-
quest TO all contributors asking them
to indicate their willingness TO allow
the property to be turned over to any
denomination that would build and
properly endow and conduct the in
stitution. DIR. n. d. Hill responded
to calls by saying he was a Methodist,
but his donation would go as freely
for a Presbyterian school as for any
other. Mr. Plummer said Lc would
contribute as freely as his means
would permit toward the university,
under control of any Christian de-
nomination. After considerable fur
ther talk the following resolutions
were introduced and adopted as the
sense Of the meeting:
"WHEREAs, The Puget Sound An
nual Conference of the Methodist
Episcopal Chnrch did at its session
held in Port Townsend, August, 1856,
enter into an agreement with the
citizens OF Port Townsend through
our Board of Trade. to locate their
university at Port Townsend upon a
condition which we have now fully
met;
WHEREAS, Neither the Board OF
Trade nor the citizens of Port Town
send have in anywise released said
conference from its contract; and
WHEREAS. It is a principle OF equity
and of common law that one party
cannot nullify contract without the
consent Of the other party, especially
where great cost has been involved
as in this case, therefore,